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Game #3850

Wednesday, 27 March 1985

Attendance: 10,874

Won

Division One

10th (+1)

Stoke

Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

Villa Park

Villa bounce back from their heavy Old Trafford reverse to beat bottom of the table Stoke and climb back to 10th in the table.

Aston Villa

2-0

Stoke City

Assist(s) | None

KEY MAN

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MATCH TIMELINE

🕒 | HT Aston Villa 0-0 Stoke City
🔁 | 70' Sub off, Allan Evans, Sub on, Ray Walker
⚽ | 73' Goal, 1-0, Own Goal, George Berry
⚽ | 85' Goal, 2-0, Didier Six
🕒 | FT Aston Villa 2-0 Stoke City

ON THIS DAY

Graham Turner's Villa win for the first time in six games to make it ten wins in thirty two League games, whilst losing eleven.

Aston Villa

European Cup / Champions League: 🏆
League Champions: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
FA Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆 🏆🏆
League Cup Winners: 🏆🏆🏆
Last Trophy: 1981-82

Stoke

European Cup / Champions League: ❌
League Champions: ❌
FA Cup Winners: ❌
League Cup Winners: 🏆
Last Trophy: 1971-72

FIXTURE HISTORY

Stoke

Previous 5 vs. Stoke: 🟩 🟩 🟨 🟥 🟩

FIXTURE DETAILS

Season | 1984-85 |
Matchday | #36 |
League Match | #32 |
Manager Game | #36 |
Wednesday, 27 March 1985

MATCH SUMMARY

Manager: Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Ellesmere Port, 1984-1986
Referee: Tom Bune | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1974-1985
HT Score: 🟨 0-0
FT Result: 🟩 Won
FT Score: 🟩 2-0
Last 5: 🟨 🟨 🟨 🟥 🟩

MATCH OFFICIALS

Referee: Tom Bune | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | Sussex, 1974-1985
Previous 5: 🟥
Last Match: 🟥 7 May 1984, Villa 0-2 Everton, Villa Park.
Cards: None

CARDS

Villa

None

Stoke

None

Tom Bune

TEAM NEWS

Paul Rideout replaces Gordon Cowans.

TEAM STATS

Starting XI Average Age
| 25.22 |

Oldest Player |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 33.60 |

Youngest Player |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | 19.25 |

MANAGER

MANAGER

Graham Turner | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Bill Asprey | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Aston Villa

GK Nigel Spink | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
LB Tony Dorigo | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 🔁 |
CB Brendan Ormsby | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
RB Gary Williams | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Colin Gibson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Steve McMahon | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Mark Walters | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
W Didier Six | 🇫🇷 | ⚽ |
CF Peter Withe | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Paul Rideout | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

Stoke

GK Barry Siddall | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Chris Hemming | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Paul Dyson | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Steve Bould | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB Alan Dodd | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CB George Berry | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 |
CB Aaron Callaghan | 🇮🇪 |
RB Steve Parkin | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
M Sammy McIlroy | 🇬🇧 |
W Phil Heath | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |
CF Ian Painter | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SUBSTITUTES

🔁 | M Ray Walker | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 | for CB Allan Evans | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 | 70' |

SUBSTITUTES

No Substitutions Made

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

None

UNUSED SUBSTITUTES

M Carl Beeston | 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 |

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

SQUAD STATS

1st XI:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 10/11

Squad:
Home Nation 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇬🇧 : 11/12

MATCHDAY SQUAD

UNAVAILABLE

Not recorded

UNAVAILABLE

Not Recorded

Player Abbreviations:

GK : Goalkeeper

LB, RB, FB : Left Back, Right Back, Full Back

CB, D : Centre Back, Defender

M, W : Midfielder. Winger

F, CF : Forward, Centre Forward

🟢 : Debut 🔴 : Final Game

Symbols:

⚽ | Goal
🔥 | Assist
🔁 | Substitution

🟨 | Booking

🟥 | Sending off

🆘 | Poor refereeing performance

DEBUT APPEARANCES

FINAL APPEARANCES

MATCH STATS

Not recorded

TABLE

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PROGRAMME

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MATCHDAY QUOTES